بِسعيكَ تبلغُ الرتبُ العظامُ

وَتستعدي عَلى الدهر الكرامُ

Through your efforts, you attain the highest ranks

And gain precedence over fate, you dignified one

وَمِن علياكَ تُقتبسُ المعالي

وَيُملكُ من جوامحها الزمامُ

And from your heights, glories are derived

As you hold the reins of its wildness

وَهل ظَفرت بمكرمةٍ يمينٌ

وَليسَ لَها بعروتكَ اِعتصامُ

Has any glorious feat been achieved by a hand

That your help did not make steadfast?

وَهَل بَلغت إِلى غرضٍ سهامٌ

وَلَم تكُ من كنانتك السهامُ

Has any arrow reached its destination

If it was not from your capable bow?

وَهَل وافى لِغايتهِ مجلّ

وَلَيس لَكم بِفارسه اِهتمامُ

Has any warrior achieved his purpose

Without your care and concern for him?

وَهَل مَضتِ الضرائبُ في صميمٍ

وَلَم يَك مِن يمينكم الحسامُ

Have piercing calamities reached the core

If the sword was not from your right hand?

إِلى مَغناك ينسبُ كلّ فضلٍ

كَما يُعزى إِلى البحر الغمامُ

Every merit is attributed to your support

As clouds are attributed to the sea

أَبا عبدِ الإلهِ فَدتكَ نَفسي

وقَد يفدي مواليه الغلامُ

Oh Abu Abdillah, my soul is sacrificed for you

As your loyalists sacrifice their souls

وَحَسبي في الوَرى شرفاً ومجداً

ذمامٌ مِن قبولك لا يضامُ

In this world, it is honor and glory enough for me

That you accept me, nothing else suffices

فَكيفَ وَقَد كَسا عطفيَّ مِنكم

ثناء لَيس يُخلقهُ الدوامُ

How could this be when your kindness has clothed me

With praise that is not marred by time

أَجرّ بهِ ذيولَ الفخرِ تيهاً

وَفي فمِ حاسِدي منها الرغامُ

I flaunt it, trailing the skirts of pride

While it lodges gravel in the mouths of enviers

أَلستَ الصدرَ في رتبِ المَعالي

إِذا قُرِعَت مَنابرها الضخامُ

Are you not the best in the ranks of the exalted

When their lofty minbars are struck?

وَما حُزتَ الرئاسة باِكتسابٍ

كَما يسعى لنا فيها لئامُ

You did not gain leadership by pursuit

As the vile amongst us pursue it

وَلَكِن كانَ فضلكَ مستحقّاً

لأن يَعلو فدان له الأنامُ

But your superiority was destined

For you to rise above all people

فَمَن تكنِ الرئاسةُ جمّلتهُ

فَأنتَ جَمالُها وَالإحترامُ

So the leadership adorned itself with you

For you are its beauty and reverence

فُطِرتَ على مكارمَ ليسَ تُحصى

وَلا يعرو جَواهرها اِنقسامُ

You were created with endless virtues

That will never diminish or divide

حَويتَ كَمالها فَغدوت فرداً

وَقد عدَّ الكرامُ وهم توامُ

You embodied its perfection and became peerless

Though the generous were already many

فَصاحةُ منطقٍ وذكاء فكرٍ

وَحُسنُ تخلّقٍ ما فيه ذامُ

Eloquent speech, astute mind

Excellent manners, nothing blamable

وَلطفُ فكاهةٍ كُسيَت وقاراً

وَأنساً بِالسآمة لا يسامُ

Subtle humor clothed in dignity

And charm against gloom that has no peer

وَعلمٌ لا تكدّرهُ دلاءٌ

وَدينٌ لا يدنّسه حطامُ

Knowledge that is not marred by turbidity

And faith not contaminated by rubble

يودّ جليسُكم لو صارَ سمعاً

وَكلّ المدركاتِ له كلامُ

Your companions wish they were but an ear

And that all senses only heard your speech

نُجومٌ آلُ بيرمَ في المعالي

وَأنتَ الشمس والبدر التمامُ

The stars of Al-Bayram have risen in rank

While you are the sun and the full moon

بَقيتُم في نحورِ الفضل عقداً

فريداً ليسَ يسلمه النظامُ

You remain in the throats of virtue a unique pearl

That order cannot touch

إِذا اِستولى على الغاياتِ كهلٌ

تَرعرعَ مِنكمُ فيها غلامُ

When an old man takes hold of the goals

A youth nurtured by you rises in them